The Children For Christ by Andrew Murray

Testament faith and life, be indeed to Your people the sign that they are
baptized into the death of Christ.
And grant, most gracious God! that where Your people cannot yet see
eye to eye in the dispensation of this ordinance, it may still be, not the
symbol of division, but the bond of unity in the Spirit of love.
And teach us, who believe that You Yourself have meant this seal of the
covenant for our children too, to recognize its deep spiritual meaning,
and to live ourselves as baptized into the death of Christ, and
circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands. Teach us in faith
to claim the full spiritual blessing for our children too, and to train
them for it. And so fulfill to us, O our God! in full measure the promise
of the covenant: `A God unto thee, and to thy seed.’ Amen.
Seventh Day – Keeping the Covenant
`I have known Abraham, to the end that he may command his household and his
children after him, that they may keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and
judgment; to the end that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which
He hath spoken of him.’ Gen. 18: 19.
Faith without works is dead. Saving faith is an energy, the power of a
new life, manifesting itself in conduct and action. In true faith the soul
becomes united to God, and seeks to enter into the Divine will, as the
surest way of becoming one with Himself. As faith grows clearer and
stronger, it always sympathizes more fully with God’s plans; it
understands Him better, and becomes more conformed to His likeness.
This is true not only of individual but also of parental faith. The higher
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